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Mozart Outsells Beyonce in 2016

It would seem that 2016 was the year of Beyonce as it seemed like she was always in the news. A new record, surprise single with video, Super Bowl performance, and a CMA appearance with the Dixie Chicks are just a few highlights for the performer.

WSBTV in Atlanta reports that Beyonce's smash album Lemonade, released in April, has sold about 1.05 million copies so far. That would surely be the most albums sold by an artist this year, right? Well, not this year. As of this post, the music of a dead guy has outsold Beyonce.

According to Universal Music Group Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition has sold about 1.25 million copies in just five weeks. Just released in late October, the Mozart title celebrates the 225th anniversary of his death. The boxed set has 200 CDs of the composer's work, played by 600 musicians.

Here's the description from Amazon:

A New Complete Edition, presenting Mozart's entire work including every last fragment, in the most authoritative edition ever created. The Edition presents over 240 hours of music, 600 solo performers and ensembles including 60 orchestras and every significant Mozart interpreter of the past 30 years.

Five hours of new recordings have been commissioned for this Edition including premieres of previously-lost compositions and every perform-able fragment. Moreover, a further 25 CDs present key works in great alternative versions, while five more CDs present legendary and historic performances, making this Edition a document of the greatest Mozart performances as well as of his complete works.

Two handsome, lavishly illustrated hardcover books present documentation at a level of authority never before seen in any boxed set, with over 150,000 words in each language, written by one of the great Mozart scholars of our age, Professor Clifford Eisen.

Editorial is presented across two editions, one with English and French language, and the other with German and Japanese. Lending the Edition even more weight is the publication for the first time of a new Kochel guide presenting in short form the new Kochel catalogue developed over many years by the International Stiftung Mozarteum.

Four frame-able prints are included in every set, including a Mozart letter and a score.

It would seem that 2016 was the year of Beyonce as it seemed like she was always in the news. A new record, surprise single with video, Super Bowl performance, and a CMA appearance with the Dixie Chicks are just a few highlights for the performer.

WSBTV in Atlanta reports that Beyonce's smash album Lemonade, released in April, has sold about 1.05 million copies so far. That would surely be the most albums sold by an artist this year, right? Well, not this year. As of this post, the music of a dead guy has outsold Beyonce.

According to Universal Music Group Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition has sold about 1.25 million copies in just five weeks. Just released in late October, the Mozart title celebrates the 225th anniversary of his death. The boxed set has 200 CDs of the composer's work, played by 600 musicians.

Here's the description from Amazon:

Richard or jerrich, are you guys planning on buy this one?

Thanks Tracy for giving me something else to think about. At the current price it's too expensive for me to justify, maybe if Amazon drops the price. Only 6050 boxed sets have been sold. The 1.25 million CDs sold is really misleading.

Thanks Tracy for giving me something else to think about. At the current price it's too expensive for me to justify, maybe if Amazon drops the price. Only 6050 boxed sets have been sold. The 1.25 million CDs sold is really misleading.

Where did you find the actual boxed set sales numbers? Just curious.

It's still a lot of Mozart. As for the price, I'm sure they will eventually hit the used market on Amazon.

This is awesome news. While only a moderate fan of Mozart, I DESPISE the public's taste these days in preferring "lowest common denominator music" (Beyonce is a great example of that, imo). This would seem to be a refutation of that.

It's still a lot of Mozart. As for the price, I'm sure they will eventually hit the used market on Amazon.

I don't remember where I read that over 6000 box sets were sold. I just did the math: 1.25 million CDs divided by 200 CDs = 6250 Boxed Sets. The total sales was old data so the boxed sets would have increased, if anyone was counting.

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